Bears, Wildcats set to tangle

Thu, 08/23/2018 - 10:07am — John Embry

The Edmonson County Wildcats travel to Morgantown on Friday night for what they hope will be their second win on the young season. Meanwhile, the Butler County Bears will be hoping to erase last week's loss to Logan and secure their first win on the season in front of a home crowd. Traditional rivals, Butler and Edmonson have battled back and forth in football and it other sports over the years with the Bears clinging to a 10-9 series advantage in football since 2000.

BCHS Head Coach Brandon Embry believes line play may prove to be the difference in this game.

"We have to win game up front," said Embry. "Whoever wins the battle in the trenches likely wins the game. We need to try to make them beat us somewhere other than with quarterback."

Below is a list of scores between the two schools since 2000.

2000 EC wins 28-6

2001 EC wins 26-0

2002 Butler wins 42-10

2003 Butler wins 48-7

2004 Butler wins 26-0

2005 EC wins 28-21

2006 Butler wins 7-0

2007 EC wins 24-21; and EC wins 35-29 in playoffs 1st round

2008 Butler wins 14-7

2009 EC wins 21-6

2010 EC wins 28-6